Rangers Won’t Add Andruw Jones to 40-Man Roster By Friday

by Rodney on Mar 19, 2009 6:18 PM CDT Comment 40 comments

SURPRISE, Ariz. - Rangers general manager Jon Daniels acknowledged the team will decline to add non-roster outfielder Andruw Jones to the 40-man roster by Friday, thus giving the 10-time Gold Glove winner a chance to take free agency.

Daniels said the Rangers would like to keep Jones in camp if he elects not to exercise the escape clause in his contract, but it’s clear he does not have a role on the major league team. He has not started an “A” game in a week. Jones has been playing primarily in minor league games this week.

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Meh.

I didn’t really want him added to the roster unless he really impressed, which he hasn’t. Hope sticks around and agrees to go to OKC for awhile though.

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by lonestarJon on Mar 19, 2009 6:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

if he was going to show us anything worth while, it should’ve happened by now. I’d rather roll with the 5 we’ve got, and give the first shot at Boggs, Borbon and then Golson if/when Cat is released or somebody goes down with an injury. The future is here for position players now…and will be here soon enough for the pitchers.

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Mar 19, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Plus Boggs, Borbon, and Golson are all on the 40-man anyway, which Jones isn’t.

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by RCCook on Mar 20, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Rangers Admit 40 Trumps All"

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by t ball on Mar 19, 2009 6:30 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

All that wringing of hands

and gnashing of teeth over an NRI ….

I wonder if some folks feel a little silly.

Get off my lawn.

by DJCahill on Mar 19, 2009 6:50 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Feeling silly

I’m going home to drink scotch whiskey until I feel silly if that’s what you mean.

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by t ball on Mar 19, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

your apology (on behalf of you and Adam) is accepted

"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton. " - jparks

by ab03 on Mar 19, 2009 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why should I apologize?

I didn’t gnash my teeth. I thought the signing was a waste of time but I don’t recall raising a stink about it.

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by t ball on Mar 19, 2009 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

gnashing of teeth

He’s not just an NRI. this is a guy who hit 51 home runs and won an MVP not 3 years ago.

by iblum on Mar 20, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He is just an NRI

just like Sammy was a few years ago.

At the time you are an NRI, its pretty irrelevant what you did previously. NRI means you can’t get a good major league contract.

Get off my lawn.

by DJCahill on Mar 20, 2009 11:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

id like to see him stick around i guess

but im pretty doubtful at this point that he has or will have anything to offer a big league club. and i was moderately bullish on him when the rumors originally began swirling that we would acquire him. so whatever, i think our outfield will be fine without him

by Smoakin in the Boys Room on Mar 19, 2009 6:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

let san francisco take him

or arizona

those are teams that SEEM to have a history of taking OLD players (i know he’s not old, but he plays like it)

tampa used to be like that

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by gossamer on Mar 19, 2009 7:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought Bobby Cox wanted him back in Atlanta

by Inkara1 on Mar 19, 2009 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he did

big time

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Mar 19, 2009 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he'd be perfect in SF

all they do is take old position players and try to build them around a young, starry rotation

my sig is better than yours

by hinduplaya on Mar 19, 2009 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Arizona has a history of taking old players?

…well besides Randy Johnson that is.

You can't hide from the omnipresent eye.

by Goose on Mar 20, 2009 3:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This sucks

Now we won’t be able to get that great 2005 production and trade him at the deadline for another Max Ramirez.

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by Gdawg on Mar 19, 2009 7:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is horrible

We’ve put in on the roster and he’s taking time away from our great OF young players!!!!!!

Oh wait….

by Requiem on Mar 19, 2009 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The one thing

I was optimistic about when he signed was the fact that he is one of the best center fielders, if not the best, of this generation. In fact, he is one of the top defensive center fielders ever. But by all reports, even his defense is sucking this spring so he really is the 2009 version of Sammy Sosa. I think an outfield of Hamilton, Murphy, Cruz, with Byrd backing up has the makings of a good one, with Boggs waiting in the wings if there is an injury.

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by kentbenfer on Mar 19, 2009 8:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

even with that OF

it seems like a glut.

ideally you want borbon’s defense in there (not much later than all star weekend – knock on wood). Then you’d have hamilton in right on most days and about three people that can bring their own something to the LF/4OF spot.

"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton. " - jparks

by ab03 on Mar 19, 2009 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Toronto will probably want David Murphy in the Halladay deal.

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by tyd3311 on Mar 19, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i wonder

how many and what players would we have to give up to give Toronto for Halladay??

my sig is better than yours

by hinduplaya on Mar 19, 2009 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Murphy for Doc straight up

I bet Toronto would do that.

Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."

by boomer1 on Mar 19, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

they'd be stupid not to

"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton. " - jparks

by ab03 on Mar 19, 2009 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Offer for Halladay

I’d offer Murphy, Zach Phillips, and Richard Bleier :)

by iblum on Mar 20, 2009 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

borbon

i was never under the impression he was that good on defense

thought i read somewhere that he didnt take great routes to the ball and was well below avg in the arm dept

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Mar 19, 2009 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure he'll adjust on the routes if that's the case...

the arm, who knows…this is from a draft report on him back in 2007:

His arm is below-average, but should be just enough to play center field as a pro.

and this on his routes

Borbon can flat out catch the ball in center and has big-league skills in the outfield.

Especially with his speed returned, Borbon covers a tremendous amount of ground.

Not sure how he’s progressed or regressed on those accounts, or how accurate of scouting reports they were in college vs. minor leagues and his projections to the majors now…

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Mar 20, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sammy

could at least crush lefties. Not sure Andruw even has one dimension to his game anymore.

Get off my lawn.

by DJCahill on Mar 19, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

pretty amazing

but I’m glad that the rangers took all of 30 AB’s (across A and B games) to make sure.

"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton. " - jparks

by ab03 on Mar 19, 2009 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't be surprised

if the weak reports of his fielding hurt him more than anything he did or didn’t show in 30 ABs. It could have also been that they didn’t think he was ready to work hard.

When you are an NRI, you have to bust ass to steal someone’s job. I’m not sure he was.

Get off my lawn.

by DJCahill on Mar 20, 2009 7:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs